The Irish standard., 1887-01-29
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

SIMPLEST polish for oiled furniture-Fub
oiled furniture with a woolen cloth satur
rated slightly with oil.
WHITE paint that has become discolored
may be nicely cleaned by using little
whiting in the water for washing.
A BRILLIANT black varnish for iron stoves
and fre-places is made by stirring ivory
black into ordinary shellac varnish.
To CLEAN bronzed chandeliers, lamps, etc.
These articles should only be busted with a
feather brush or soft cloth, as washing will
take off the bronzing.
A GOOD cement for china is ordinary car
riage varnish; if put together neatly the
fracture will be hardly perceptible, and it
is not affected by water.
For cleaning brasses belonging to ma
hogany furniture, use either powdered
whiting or scraped rotten-stone, mixed
with sweet oil, and rub on with chamois
skin.
CARPETS, after the dust has been beaten
put, may be frightened by scattering upon
Them corn-meal mixed with salt, and then
sweeping it OF; mix salt and meal in equal
proportions.
VINEGAR is better than ice for keeping
6sh By putting q little vinegar on the
fish it will keep perfectly well even in hot
weather. Fish is often improved in flavor
under this treatment
To PREVENT polished steel from rusting,
after cleaning, and when not in use, take q
cloth, with very little sweet oil on it, and
wipe the articles over so as to slightly but
evenly oil the surface.
SILVER becoming black may be avoided
BY keeping that which is not often used in
canton flannel bags, with small bags about
the size Of thimble filed with bits of gum
camphor, packed in around the articles.
STEEL knives, which are not in general
use, may be kept from rusting if they are
dipped in strong solution Of soda-one
part of water to four of soda; then wipe
dry: roll in flannel and keep in dry
place.
SL1ppERY-ELM bark is good remedy for
scaly boilers, and has been successfully
used for number of years. 1t is placed in
the boiler and left there, the scales falling
of in fakes, which should be at once re-
moved.
INSECTS may be destroyed with hotalum.
Put it in hot water and let it boil until the
alum is dissolved. Apply hot with a
brush, and all creeping things are instantly
destroyed, without danger to human life OF
injury to property.
FADED hangings may be restored by beat
ing the dust from them and brushing, then
apply strong lather of CASTLE soap by
means of hard brush; wash the lather off
with clean water and afterward with alum
water. When dry the colors will generally
be found to be restored.
BOILING water should not be poured over
tea trays, ::apanned goods, etc. as 1t will
make the varnish crack and peel OF; have
sponge wet with warm water and little
soap, if the tray be very dirty, and rub it
with cloth; it it looks smeary, dust on q
little four, then rub it with cloth. II the
tray gets marked take q piece Of woolen
cloth with little sweet oil and rub on the
marks.
A BOTTLE of tarpentine should be kept in
every house, for ITS uses are numerous. A
few drops sprinkled where cockroaches
congregate Will exterminate them at once;
also ants, red or black Moths will fee
| from the odor of 1T Besides, it is an excel
lent application for burn or cut It will
take INK stains out Of white muslin, when
added to soap. and will help to whitsn
clothes II added t. uaeus while boilin&s